Posted on November 1, 2013 11:48 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Brands | Business | Crisis Communication | Facebook | PR | Social Media | Social networks
(c) Can Stock PhotoWelcome to November, everyone! Don’t forget that it’s also Movember, the global charity whose vision “is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches on men’s faces around the world. Through the power of the Mo, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat…
Posted on October 30, 2013 4:41 pm by Shel Holtz | Visual Communication | Internal | Intranets
(c) Can Stock PhotoA client recently asked me to put together a webinar for the company’s internal communication staff on hot trends in internal communications. In addition to listing the trends that were already top-of-mind for me, I sought out thought leaders in the internal communications space to see what was on their radars. Here are the 11 trends that every…
Posted on October 25, 2013 12:09 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Brands | Content Curation | Facebook | Marketing | Measurement | Twitter | Video
Greetings from New York, where I conducted a workshop today on employee ambassador programs and will speak tomorrow on crisis communication to employees—all part of IABC and Prescient Digital’s annual global intranet summit. Here’s this week’s wrap-up of research and articles of interest to communicators that may have escaped your notice. I collect all the articles I’ll consider for inclusion in the Wrap in my link blog at
Posted on October 8, 2013 9:18 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | Channels | Facebook
(c) Can Stock PhotoDigital content consumption is going heavily visual. The uptake of services like Instagram and Vine, Tumblr and Pinterest has been nothing short of spectacular. It’s not just the number of people using these sites, or how often or how long they visit. The engagement levels are also through the roof.
Since most online trends seem eventually to find their way…
Posted on September 28, 2013 9:04 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Instagram | Visual Communication | Pinterest | For Immediate Release
On September 26, 2013, FIR co-host Shel Holtz spoke at a PRSA California Capitol Chapter‘s monthly meeting in Sacramento, California. The topic: social-visual communication—the rise of images and extreme-short-form video as a primary means of communication.
Brought about by the shift to content consumption via mobile devices, the social-visual communication space is currently dominated by services like Instagram, Pinterest, Vine and Tumblr. Images…
Posted on August 24, 2013 2:18 am by Shel Holtz | Content | Visual Communication | Brands | Facebook | Google+ | Intranets | PR
(c) Can Stock PhotoSocial media was front and center in the news this week. Facebook announced it was leading an initiative to bring the Internet to the two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have access, while the Huffington Post made waves by announcing it would no longer permit the posting of anonymous comments. In the midst of these stories, other announcements and…
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